overdamp

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verb

To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation

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Meanings

verboverdamp (third-person singular simple present overdamps, present participle overdamping, simple past and past participle overdamped)

present singular third person overdamps · participle present overdamping · participle past overdamped · past overdamped

  1. To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation
adjectiveoverdamp (comparative more overdamp, superlative most overdamp)

comparative more overdamp · superlative most overdamp

  1. overly damp.

    One day, as her husband was ill, she went into the field to help gather in potatoes; the overdamp soil was rotting them, and there was no time to be lost.

    2013, Sarah Bernhardt, My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt, →ISBN

Origin

From over- + damp.

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APA

overdamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdamp

MLA

“overdamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdamp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdamp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdamp.

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